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Go Fact Yourself

Ep. 44: Bill Kurtis & Sarah Spain

Go Fact Yourself

MaximumFun.org

Game Show, Comedy, Quiz, Podcast, Trivia, Arts, Helen Hong, Angel City, J. Keith Van Straaten

4.6786 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

It’s the first episode of Go Fact Yourself from Chicago! Two-time Peabody Award winner Bill Kurtis is a news anchor with one of the most famous voices in television and radio. You may have heard him as the scorekeeper for the program "Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me!", but he’s also known for his narration in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. He’ll explain how that role changed his life forever and share other stories from his extensive career. Bill will compete with his fellow broadcaster and fellow Peabody Award winner Sarah Spain, host and contributor for ESPN. She’s often seen on the sports debate show "Around the Horn." She’ll tell us how she crafts an effective argument on the show and how she’s battling the negativity that comes with being a woman in the sports industry. Also, doggies! The guests will answer questions about war veterans, improv comedy characters and the windy city. What’s the Difference: Cubs & White Sox What’s the difference between a Cub Scout and a Boy Scout? What’s the difference between stitching and darning? Areas of Expertise Bill Kurtis: Frank Sinatra’s big band music, World War II in Okinawa and the prairie Sarah Spain: Rescue dogs, 90’s "Saturday Night Live" characters and grammar. Appearing in this episode: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Bill Kurtis Sarah Spain With guest experts: Julia Sweeney, actor and comedian who’s appeared in four seasons of "Saturday Night Live." John Ullinskey, WWII veteran who served aboard the USS Arikara and participated in the D-Day Invasion and the Battle of Okinawa Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun. The show was recorded at Sleeping Village in Chicago. Theme Song by Jonathan Green. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher. The show is edited by Julian Burrell.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Are you a real know-it-all?

0:06.6

Do you annoy your family by shouting the answers while watching Jeopardy?

0:11.0

Do you drive people crazy when you start a sentence with, well, actually?

0:18.0

Well, guess what?

0:19.0

You can go fact yourself.

0:26.2

Hi, everyone. Welcome to go fact yourself, the show where we take the smartest people we know and make them look dumb.

0:34.4

And then smart again. I'm Helen Hong. And now from Sleeping Village in Chicago,

0:40.9

here's our moderator, Jakey Van Streaten. Thank you, Helen. Thank you, everybody.

0:47.3

Wow. Hello, my hometown of Chicago.

0:55.0

I stole that from Oprah.

0:56.8

It seems to work very well for her.

0:59.2

I'm so excited to be here.

1:00.7

Helen, how are you?

1:01.5

I'm very well.

1:02.6

So I am from Chicago,

1:04.0

but you visit Chicago quite often

1:05.7

because you come here for wait, wait,

1:07.2

don't tell me.

1:07.8

Yes, I'm here about once a month,

1:09.4

and I love Chicago.

1:11.9

It's really, it's like, have you guys done the riverboat tour?

1:15.7

Oh.

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